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More trade rumors...

Mynhltraderumors.com is reporting that there is a lot of pressure on the Columbus front office to make the postseason next year, thus not affording them the time to draft a good defenseman. Thus, they are looking for NHL ready players in exchange for the 4th overall pick. Seems like the Blue jackets could use some goaltending help, as well as some good nhl ready young players. There is a lot of talk that toronto is going to be sending thoman kaberle to columbus for the fourth overall. That is a great deal for us. toronto gets worse, again, they trade an incredibly solid nhl defenseman, for a defensive prospect. That would make them a worse team next year, thus giving us a better first roud pick next year (come on sean couturier). However, I would rather see the B's reach out to the Blue Jackets to get one of the top defenseman.

So lets send this out to Columbus... Tim Thomas, Blake Wheeler, and the 15th overall pick for the 4th overall pick.

This would make an incredible amount of sense for the Bruins. We're not going to resign Wheeler, yet he is still great trade bait. Timmys salary would come off the books, and combining that with the fact that the cap is looking like it's going to be increasing by 2 million next year. We could also buy out Ryder for another 2.5 million in savings. That would give up an extra 9.5 million in cap room. That would pretty much assure us the resigning of Seides, Boychuk, and Stuie, and lock down Patrice long term. It also gives us a great defensive prospect, probably Cam Fowler. If we wind up with Taylor Hall and Cam Fowler, there is already team chemistry there, two players that won two consecutive Memorial Cups together. Fowler could use a year in Providence, that would make him grow astronomically, maybe pair him together with Yuri Alexandrov, could be the top D pairing of the future. It also gives us insurance if Chara doesn't come back after next season.

Thus, if I am PC... I am running to find Scott Howson's number.

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